Letitia James had orchestrated ‚fraud‘ claims and partisan New York judge delivered draconian verdict
A panel of appeals court judges, only a day after being accused publicly of “navel-gazing” for their lengthy delay in giving President Donald Trump relief from what has been confirmed as a politicized and biased “fraud” penalty of half a billion dollars, has canceled that threat.
The Washington Examiner confirmed the five-judge panel of the appellate division in New York threw out the judgment delivered by Arthur Engoron, a judge at the entry court level who has been openly derisive of Trump.
The ruling said his judgment was unconstitutional and violated the U.S. Constitution, which bars excessive fines.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who had campaigned for office on the promise to “get” President Trump, without citing any evidence of wrongdoing, then created “fraud” claims against him. She alleged that he was guilty over the valuation of his properties in connection with various loans.
Testimony during the trial showed that the banks that loaned Trump money were happy with the transactions, that all the loans were repaid in full, they made money from the deals and they would like to do them again.
Despite the evidence, Engoron, without a jury, claimed Trump was guilty and owed in excess of $300 million in penalties. That grew to more than half a billion dollars with interest, a threat Engoron made against the president that now has vanished.
Reports confirmed the ruling is a major loss for James, who ironically now is under investigation herself for fraud.
She’s accused of misrepresenting her residences in order to obtain preferential mortgage loan treatments, including once when she allegedly characterized her father as a “spouse” and represented a five-apartment building she owns as having four apartments because that would give her a better interest rate.
BREAKING: NY appeals court throws out $500M penalty against Trump in Letitia James civil case pic.twitter.com/QV52IskkLA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 21, 2025
HUGE TRUMP VICTORY: President Trump’s $464 million New York civil fraud penalty HAS BEEN TOSSED OUT by an appeals court.
He just defeated AG Letitia James. pic.twitter.com/lK2o8Pd8iO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 21, 2025
BREAKING: A New York Appeals Court has just THROWN OUT President Trump’s $364 Million civil fraud penalty!
HOLY CRAP this is HUGE!
This is the ruling from the CORRUPT Judge Engoron brought by none other than Letitia James.
